Best Middle Schools in Texas

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the STAAR test scores by the Texas Education Agency. The most recent update was on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 2361)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
484203004786	1911	Sweetwater Middle	Public	6-8	305 Lamar	Sweetwater	79556	Nolan County	Sweetwater Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(325) 236-6303	431	36	11.9	66.6%	171 (39.7%)	22 (5.1%)	224 (52.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.8%)	$10,553			$2,529			$8,024	24	32.8	1631	280
480771012191	1912	Garcia Middle	Public	6-8	11000 Rosslyn Rd	Houston	77038	Harris County	Aldine Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 878-3730	1,054	64	16.4	89.8%	22 (2.1%)	218 (20.7%)	775 (73.5%)	24 (2.3%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.1%)	$9,477			$2,136			$7,341	24	23.3	1880	32
481970001861	1913	Forest Oak Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	3221 Pecos St	Fort Worth	76119	Tarrant County	Fort Worth Independent School District (Isd)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(817) 815-8200	779	52	15	95.3%	32 (4.1%)	231 (29.7%)	489 (62.8%)	16 (2.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.3%)	$11,433			$993			$10,440	23.9	19	2017	104
480018711999	1914	North Texas Collegiate Academy-East Campus	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1851 Oak Grove Pkwy	Little Elm	75068	Denton County	North Texas Collegiate Academy	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 292-3562	253	17	15.2	92.5%	52 (20.6%)	63 (24.9%)	115 (45.5%)	10 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.1%)	$8,355			$1,182			$7,173	23.8	32.4	1646	268
480771000070	1915	Hambrick Middle	Public	6-8	4600 Aldine Mail Rt	Houston	77039	Harris County	Aldine Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 985-6570	1,021	63	16.1	92.9%	24 (2.4%)	64 (6.3%)	922 (90.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.7%)	$10,380			$2,431			$7,949	23.8	16.4	2083	168
482364002487	1916	Henry Middle	Public	6-8	10702 E Hardy	Houston	77093	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 696-2650	690	42	16.3	98.0%	12 (1.7%)	82 (11.9%)	594 (86.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	$10,519			$1,134			$9,385	23.7	9.7	2218	302
483697012186	1917	Rice Jh	Public	6-8	1093 Raider Dr	Altair	77412	Colorado County	Rice Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(979) 234-3531	256	17	14.9	80.1%	50 (19.5%)	42 (16.4%)	157 (61.3%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.0%)	$10,456			$1,235			$9,221	23.7	29.5	1731	186
481830001705	1918	Magoffin Middle	Public	6-8	4931 Hercules Ave	El Paso	79904	El Paso County	El Paso Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 231-2160	540	39	13.7	95.0%	18 (3.3%)	8 (1.5%)	509 (94.3%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	$10,406			$1,564			$8,842	23.6	28.9	1750	168
482853003224	1919	Lueders-Avoca El/J H	Public	PK, KG-8	334 Vandeventer St	Lueders	79533	Jones County	Lueders-Avoca Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(325) 228-4211	76	12	6.3	78.9%	54 (71.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (28.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$17,215			$2,133			$15,082	23.6	31.4	1680	239
480026411055	1920	KIPP Austin College Prep	Public, Charter	5-8	8004 Cameron Rd	Austin	78754	Travis County	KIPP Texas Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 501-4969	466	30	15.7	90.3%	9 (1.9%)	15 (3.2%)	438 (94.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	$10,792			$1,167			$9,625	23.6	21.9	1920

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on STAAR Reading, STAAR Mathematics, STAAR Science, STAAR Social Studies test scores released by the Texas Education Agency.
These rankings were last updated on September 11, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Texas Education Agency, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Texas Education Agency.
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